PAST
EVENTS

January 2, 2011

Several club members attended
the car show at the Broward Mall, benefiting the Kiwanis Club. Three
members walked away with trophies. All together we had eight cars from the
club in attendance, ranging from a 1965 all the way up to a 2010. The day
was a pleasant one with good weather for sitting outside, plus the shoppers
amongst us got to spend some quality time shopping inside Broward Mall while the
show was going on.

October
2rd,
2010
FLMC's Annual Charity Benefit Car Show

Our charity benefit Open Car,
Truck and Motorcycle Show was held at Maroone Ford in Fort Lauderdale. We
had great participation with many different styles and models of vehicles making
an appearance, even movie cars. There were also many spectators, way more
than we expected. Mini buses from several area hotels stopped by. Next year we will make available more spectator parking.
Sheriff Lamberti and Governor Christ also made an appearance. There was
also television
coverage of the event.

This was the club's first open
car show in many years. We hope
everyone had a fun time. There was lots of food available and the
crowd just about cleaned out the BBQ grill. Those junior car enthusiasts
seemed to once again enjoy the bounce house and seeing all the BSO SWAT Team
equipment, not to mention getting their faces painted.

Best of all, the club managed
to raise $3000.00 for the Children's Diagnostic and Treatment Center.
Additionally, Autonation donated a matching $3000.00 for a grand total of
$6000.00 for needy children. A heartfelt thanks for all
participants.

Matanzas Getaway Weekend

June 2010

A great time was had by all as the Ft.
Lauderdale Mustang Club celebrated Father’s Day with our weekend getaway at
Matanzas Inn on Ft. Myers Beach! A little bit of rain doesn’t stop us from
having fun, so on Friday evening the group convened at Matanzas Restaurant for
dinner. Soon the rain stopped and out came a double rainbow, spreading across
the back bay. What a beautiful site! The group took a walk “up town” Friday
night, stopping in at the Pierside Grill for libations while enjoying the sound
of the ocean. Saturday morning Captains George, Dallas, and John set off to
Salty Sam’s Marina to pick up our rental boats. We should have known there
would be trouble! Shortly after leaving the dock to pick up the group at
Matanzas, George was pulled over by the coast guard, and was escorted back to
Salty Sam’s. After getting the boat up to standard with proper flares and a
working fire extinguisher, George was a free man again. Victor and his son
Christopher had their jet ski in the water and waiting for our flotilla to head
to Sanibel Island. A good time was had by all riding the jet ski and raft,
finding shells and playing in the water. Too soon it was time to head back, but
Alas, Captain George’s boat would not start. After much coaxing (and some
muttered name calling) the tired old engine came to life. Unfortunately our
luck ran out, about 50 feet from the Matanzas dock, where the boat petered out
all together. She had to be towed back to Salty Sam’s. On the bright side, we
were not charged for the belligerent boat (for the inconvenience factor).

The club had a
BBQ by the pool; hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, corn on the cob, watermelon
and baked beans! Yummy! Marilou even treated us to Smores! George must have
been a boy scout – he definitely had the best technique for roasting the
marshmallows!

Saturday night we
all waked up town again to watch the sun set. After watching a magic show and a
stop at the Dairy Queen we all headed back for “story telling” at the Matanzas
Inn. Another great Mustang Club getaway!

John:
“I’ll roll my corn in the butter if I want to!”

October 3rd,
2009

All Ford Car Show at
Maroone Fort of Fort Lauderdale

Over 100 fantastic show
cars were on display. Once again we had a excellent variety of Ford
Mustangs and many other Ford or Ford-powered cars. There was a very good variety of high performance late model
Mustangs from Steeda, Roush and Shelby. Many thanks to the different clubs
that brought out their cars. A special thanks to East Coast Street Stangs
who showed up with 11 'stangs. We also had many early generation Mustangs
and a few Lincolns and Mercury's.

The BSO SWAT team
brought out their impressive SWAT vehicle, which was open to the public for
viewing. They also performed children finger-printing. The BSO
helicopter did a few low-level "buzzes". Sheriff Al Lamberti
even made a
tour of the show.

The Ford-provided
bounce house proved to be a popular side attraction for those young future car
aficionado's.

The extensive raffle
and silent auction appeared to be a crowd pleaser.

And as always, the show
crowd had the opportunity to tour Ford's showroom where they had the newest cars
and trucks on display.

BEST OF ALL
- the club managed to raise $2000 for our charity, Camp Bogey Creek, a retreat
for sick and disabled children. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL
- Autonation matched our contribution with another $2000!!! $4000 for a
very worthwhile charity - you car lovers out there should be proud!!

The club hopes the
event proved to be more enjoyable and professional than ever. If you have
any questions or comments to help us improve future shows, particularly
regarding judging, please feel free to leave us a message. Click here
to send us an email.

April 4, 2009

All Ford Car Show at Maroone Ford of
Fort Lauderdale.

Over 70 spectacular high quality
show cars on display. Many different Mustangs ranging from a pristine 64
1/2 convertible to late model Steeda's with everything in between, including a
couple of GT500KR's and a Boss 429.

The Xtreme Dynochallenge was up and
running and was a big hit. It was a great chance to see how your toy
performs.

Multiple awards given by our panel
of judges. Many different venders on site as well.